Welfare

//ˈwɛlˌfɛə//

Synonyms for "welfare" (136 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Strong matches (40)

Related words (68)

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More general

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

7 entries

Related terms

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capable of

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derived from

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has context

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is a

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receives action

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related to

46 entries

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Translations

96 translations across 45 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • خَيْر noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • رَفَاهَة noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • дабрабы́т noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • шча́сце noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • благоде́нствие noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • благополу́чие noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Catalan

2 entries
  • benestar noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • benestar noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 幸福 noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • 康樂 /康乐 noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • 社會福利 /社会福利 noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)
  • 福利 noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Czech

2 entries
  • blaho noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • blahobyt noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Danish

3 entries
  • forsorg noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)
  • lykke noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • velfærd noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Dutch

1 entries
  • welzijn noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • bonfarto noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • bonstato noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Finnish

3 entries
  • hyvinvointi noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • sosiaaliavustus noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)
  • sosiaalituki noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)

French

2 entries
  • aide sociale noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)
  • bien-être noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Galician

3 entries
  • beneficencia noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)
  • benestar noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • seguridade social noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)

German

4 entries
  • Sozialhilfe noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)
  • Wohlergehen noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • Wohlfahrt noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • Wohlfahrt noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)

Greek

2 entries
  • ευημερία noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • πρόνοια noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • רְוָחָה noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Hindi

3 entries
  • कल्याण noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • कौशल noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • ख़ैर noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • boldogulás noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • juttatás noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)
  • jólét noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • segély noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kesejahteraan noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 幸せ noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • 幸福 noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • 福祉 noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • 福祉 noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ជំនួយសុខុមាលភាព noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)

Korean

3 entries
  • 복지 noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • 복지 noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)
  • 행복 noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Latvian

1 entries
  • labklājība noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • благосостојба noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • соција́лна помош noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)

Malay

1 entries
  • کباجيقن noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ക്ഷേമം noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Māori

2 entries
  • tokoora noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • tokoora noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • velferd noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • velferd noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • عمارت noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • عمران noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Persian

1 entries
  • رفاه noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Heil noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Polish

3 entries
  • dobrobyt noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • socjal noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)
  • zasiłek noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • bem-estar noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • segurança social noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)

Russian

4 entries
  • благополу́чие noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • благосостоя́ние noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • социа́льная по́мощь noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)
  • сча́стье noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Slovak

3 entries
  • blaho noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • blahobyt noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • sociálna pomoc noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)

Slovene

1 entries
  • blaginja noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Spanish

2 entries
  • bienestar noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • seguridad social noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)

Swedish

1 entries
  • välfärd noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kagalingan noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Telugu

1 entries
  • సంక్షేమము noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Thai

2 entries
  • สวัสดิการ noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)
  • สวัสดิภาพ noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Turkish

4 entries
  • gönenç noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • refah noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • sosyal yardım noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)
  • yardım noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • благоде́нство noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • благополу́ччя noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • добро́бут noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)
  • ща́стя noun (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity)

Urdu

1 entries
  • خیریت noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • phúc lợi noun (aid, provided by a government, etc.)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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Science and art must contribute to the promotion of human welfare.

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The committee is discussing social welfare.

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Let us students contribute to the welfare of the victims of the earthquake; even loose change will go a long way.

Source: tatoeba (29076)

Penicillin has contributed much to the welfare of mankind.

Source: tatoeba (33919)

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